The Red-and-White conclude the year’s visit to the Rocky Mountain State after Friday’s match up

July 24, 2014

Olivia Cervantes

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Chivas USA will be looking to add three crucial points when they face the Colorado Rapids this Friday at 6:30 p.m. (PT) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park as part of Major League Soccer’s Week 20 action.

The Red-and-White enter the match after ending their five-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 loss at D.C. United last Sunday at RFK Stadium. Despite the result, Red-and-White forward Erick “Cubo” Torres continued his goal scoring streak, earning his sixth consecutive tally, just one short from tying Major League Soccer’s all-time record along with Raul Diaz Arce, Wolde Harris and Carlos Ruiz. As the Goats head into this Friday’s match, Torres hopes that the team can earn a positive result.

“We have to lift our head up. [The game at D.C.] was a complicated match that we have to leave aside, think positive,” Torres said. "The team is doing well, we know that the last game was not a good game but we left it at that, leaving it to the side and we’re now thinking about Colorado and about having a good game over there and win at all costs.”

A victory in Colorado for the Red-and-White would put the team closer to the playoffs, sitting just four points away from fifth place Colorado. The Rapids sit in playoff contention in the Western Conference but remain winless in the month of July, most recently falling 2-1 to the Portland Timbers in last week’s action.

Ahead of their second visit this year to the Rocky Mountain State, the Red-and-White know that they can earn a positive result at DSG Park. In their first visit to the Rapids this season, Chivas USA were able to earn their first three points in Colorado since the 2008 season. Former Rapids Assistant Coach, and current Chivas USA Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera, knows that Friday’s match will be tough, but a win is always possible.

“We know that we can win over there,” Coach Cabrera said. “If you know that you can win in a special venue, with high altitude, you cannot be afraid of anything, but, it’s a different game. It’s not going to be easy, it’s a good team. They’re going to come after us with a different mentality because of the loss, and they don’t want that to repeat again. Obviously it’s going to be a tougher game for us, it’s going to be important, but we know when we go over there, we know that we can win. It’s going to be a good opportunity for us, a good mentality and if we approach the game correctly, we can get a result.”

This Friday’s match at Colorado Rapids will be televised live on Time Warner Cable Deportes starting at 6:30 p.m. (PT). The game can also be heard in Spanish on ESPN Deportes Radio KWKU 1220 AM. For all the latest news and updates on Chivas USA, follow the club on Twitter and Facebook.